BULLET POINTS
  • “Ian Fleming’s Own James Bond Watch” [1,2]
  • National Watch & Clock Museum [3], on main floor aisle
  • May 2011 through July 2012
PRESENTATION

Set up in collaboration with Museum Director Noel Poirier [4] and thanks to generous ongoing support from Ian Fleming family heirs, special arrangements were made to extend loan permissions on “The Original James Bond Watch” [5] for this feature.

That 1960 Rolex reference 1016 Oyster Perpetual Rolex had first been brought to the United States to serve as centerpiece for the “Watches, James Bond Watches” exhibition in the rotating-content “Stonehenge Gallery” within the Museum. Due to ongoing interest in this historical artifact, the decision was made to gauge its appeal in a more focused placement here.

To provide some additional perspective, the Explorer was displayed along with a “Sports 100” Seiko model that was screen-correct for Octopussy, and an Omega “Casino Royale” Limited. An Uncorrected Proof, and a first edition, first impression of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, as well as an issue of WatchTime magazine [6] open to key content related to discovery of The Original James Bond Watch further rounded out kiosk content.

EXTRA

A 2½-minute video was produced to both cover this display on the Museum floor and to show each of the three displayed James Bond watches within operating, telling time [7].

UNDERWRITING

JamesBondWatches.com financed all costs associated with production of display contents, primarily including the Omega and Seiko wristwatches, original artifacts and Jeffery Deaver autograph, adjunct properties, signage, transportation, and production of related video. Other than recognition of curation by Dell Deaton in association with James Bond Watches web presences in on-site graphics and written communications distributed by the National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors, no other compensation of any sort was offered, requested, or received.

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— Dell Deaton
Last updated: February 3, 2024
Originally published: May 24, 2012

OFF-SITE REFERENCES
  1. “Ian Fleming’s own James Bond Rolex watch at NAWCC Museum display”
    June 28, 2011 / Dell Deaton / James Bond Watches Blog (via Internet Archive, accessed January 24, 2024).
  2. “Final image: Ian Fleming’s Own James Bond watch display, v 1.0”
    July 1, 2011 / Dell Deaton / James Bond Watches Blog (via Internet Archive, accessed January 24, 2024).
  3. National Watch & Clock Museum
    (accessed January 8, 2024).
  4. “About Me” Noel B. Poirier
    The Lazy Family Historian (accessed February 3, 2024).
  5. “Ian Fleming’s James Bond watch arrives for public display in US”
    August 27, 2010 / Dell Deaton / jamesbondwatches (via YouTube, accessed January 23, 2024).
  6. “Discovered: James Bond’s Rolex”
    February 2009 / Dell Deaton / WatchTime magazine; Ebner Publishing (via Internet Archive, “James Bond Watches Blog,” accessed January 8, 2024).
  7. “Ian Fleming’s Own James Bond Watch Display”
    May 24, 2012 / Dell Deaton / jamesbondwatches (via YouTube, accessed January 8, 2024).